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Home Improvement - Disabled Facilities Grant
What does it do?
What is a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)?
A Disabled Facilities Grant is a grant to help people living in the private sector with the cost of adapting their homes to enable them to continue living there. This is a mandatory grant for works that have been recommended as essential and necessary by an Occupational Therapist.
Examples of eligible works include:
A Disabled Facilities Grant is a grant to help people living in the private sector with the cost of adapting their homes to enable them to continue living there. This is a mandatory grant for works that have been recommended as essential and necessary by an Occupational Therapist.
Examples of eligible works include:
- A stairlift
- A walk in shower
- Ramped access to the property
- Widening of doorways
- An extension to your property where there are no alternatives means of providing access to essential facilities.
- Any homeowners (including park homes, private renting and Housing Association tenants).
- A means test will be employed to assess whether applicants will need to make a contribution towards the cost of the works.
- Anyone Income Support, income based Jobseekers Allowance or Pension Credit (Guaranteed Component), Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit (not single occupation reduction),Working Tax Credit and income below £16,040 Child Tax Credit and income below £16,040, will not be asked to make a contribution.
- Parents can make an application on behalf of their disabled child under the age of 16 and will not be subjected to a means test.
Who it is for?
home owners
Where it is available?
Local service (Winchester).
How to access or apply for it:
How do I apply?
For all enquiries regarding your suitability for a Disabled Facilities Grant you should contact your local Occupational Therapist via the following routes by phoning Private Sector Housing on 01962 840 222 or email housing@winchester.gov.uk or contact directly by the routes below
OT Direct
Telephone:-0845 600 4555
Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5pm and Fridays 8.30am to 4.30pm
Fax:- 01329 282534
Minicom:- 01489 589 951
Email: SSDirect@hants.gov.uk
For all enquiries regarding your suitability for a Disabled Facilities Grant you should contact your local Occupational Therapist via the following routes by phoning Private Sector Housing on 01962 840 222 or email housing@winchester.gov.uk or contact directly by the routes below
OT Direct
Telephone:-0845 600 4555
Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5pm and Fridays 8.30am to 4.30pm
Fax:- 01329 282534
Minicom:- 01489 589 951
Email: SSDirect@hants.gov.uk
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Info last updated:
05/03/2014
